Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt
Christopher Long scores Bonnie Raitt’s Streetlights on well-loved, slightly scratchy vinyl, at a Melbourne, Florida flea market.
Tag: Allen Toussaint
John “Papa” Gros
Central City. (Funky Krewe Records) Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Smithsonian/Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Short Attention Span: Quick Takes on Worthy Records
Couldn’t let 2018 get past us without a few quick takes!
Phil Cook
People Are My Drug (Psychic Hotline). Review by James Mann.
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield
A Beautiful World (Basin Street). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jon Cleary Live
Live at Chickie Wah Wah (FHQ Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shinyribs
I Got Your Medicine. Review by James Mann.
John “Papa” Gros
River’s On Fire. Review by James Mann.
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
From the Big Muddy: Impressions of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
Professor Longhair
Live In Chicago (Orleans Records). Review by James Mann.
Dr. John
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Tedeschi Trucks band blew Michelle Wilson away in Melbourne!
James Booker
Classified: Remixed and Expanded (Rounder Records). Review by James Mann.
Allen Toussaint
Songbook (Rounder Records). Review by James Mann.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band 50th Anniversary Collection (Legacy Recordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Steve Earle
I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive (New West Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Young @ Heart
I hope I die before I get old? Not a chance, sez Carl F Gauze , after seeing a chorus of retirees give their all belting out numbers by Talking Heads, James Brown, and the Ramones.
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Garage Sale Vinyl: Linda Ronstadt
Garage Sale VinylThis week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
Sweeney Todd
Archikulture DigestA former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
Garage Sale Vinyl: KISS, The Solo Albums
Garage Sale VinylThis week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Borsalino
Screen ReviewsStarting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
The Residents Visual History Book
Print ReviewsAaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Weird Science
Screen ReviewsTwo teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
City of the Living Dead
Screen ReviewsCauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
